The world of Elysia was once populated by all manner of magical creature and force. This era of grand and wild magic ended with the great flood, a cataclysmic event that destroyed nearly 80% of all life on the mortal plane. From the ruins of the world before, groups of mortals began to rebuild society upon the surface of the water. The most prominent and successful of these groups was the Atraxian Republic. Led by Emperor Silver, the Atraxian Republic and its navy began spreading their influence, joining with other tribes and peoples to create the world we now live in. For 50 years after the flood, they continued to expand, crushing clans that attempted to unite against them. They destroyed entire islands that refused to fall under Atraxian rule. This totalitarian state, spread too thin, began to show cracks as the great age of piracy began not 150 years after the Atraxian Republic's uncontested rule. Around the same time, the Emperor vanished from the public eye. The people of Atraxia are still unsure what became of their leader, only that he has supposedly confined himself to the Atraxian capital as the Navy marches on, carrying out his will upon the world.
"May thy light dim, but never extinguish"